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Lance Corporal John Henry Rawsthorne 331715
1st / 9th Kings Liverpool Regiment
The son of Thomas and Margaret and Nephew of Pte. James Rawsthorne, all from
Elm Place. He volunteered in November 1915, embarked for France in March 1916
and was attached to the Lewis Gun section of his regiment.
After recovering from injuries on two previous occasions, he was seriously
wounded on 20th September 1917 and died two days later whilst being
conveyed to a field dressing station.
At the time he was the fifth soldier to have been
killed from Elm Place, a small Cul De Sac of only 22 houses.
Coincidentally
he is buried at Nine Elms British Cemetery, Popernghe, Belgium. Plot 1, row C,
grave 6. This lies just off the R33 ring road west of the town, which is in
turn, 10 Km. West of Ypres.
